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,M. P. CURLBE,

PLOW.

N0.302,472. Patented Jilly 22, 1884.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

MERIDETH CURLEE, OF PERDUE HILL, ALABAMA.

PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,472, dated July 22,1884.

Application filed July l1, 1883. Renewed June 1S, 1F84.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MERIDETH P. CURLEE,

' a citizen of the United States, residing at Perdue Hill, in the countyof Monroe and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Plows, of which the following is a specification,reference be ing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improve- .ments in plows; and it hasfor its objects to provide an improved mold-board and cutter for thesame, as more fully hereinafter specilied. These objects I attain bythemeans illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which-e Figure lrepresents a side elevation of niy improved plow, and Fig. 2 a Viewpartly in section and partly in elevation of the same.

The letter A indicates the plow-beams, and B the handles, to one ofwhich is secured a pointed shoe of iron, (indicated by the letter C.)The iron has welded to it a plowshare, D, which at its rear is providedwith a tongue, E, which interlocks in a recess at the lower end of thewooden mold-board F.

The letter G indicates a glass moldboard,`

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which sets over the wooden 1nold-board, the two m0ld-boards beingsecured to their seats by means of the bolts H.

The letters H and I indicate braces, which are applied to the parts ofthe plow to impart rigidity to the same.

The letter K indicates a cutter, which is hinged in a recess in asection, L, secured to the plow-beam, and is braced to said beam bymeans of a rod, M, as indicated.

.The operation of my invention will be ap parent from the above withoutfurther description.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combinationmin a plow, of the curved wooden mold-board, having afacing,` of glass of similar configuration, and the metallic plowshare,the whole being;` secured together by suitable connections,substantially as speciiied.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.l

MERIDETH P. CURLEE. Witnesses:

J. D. ROBERTS, W.` A. PATRICK.

